I Became the Crown Prince of a Ruined Country - Chapter 101



101 – The Time of Liquidation

The crossing ended successfully.

Although a considerable number of 30,000 were sacrificed as an organization, the remaining 150,000 survived safely, so it was an achievement that could be called a miracle.

50,000 Death squads to block the combined forces, and another 50,000 to die in the process of annihilating the Han army that obstructs Doha. For Mong-oh, who was prepared for up to 100,000 additional casualties, the fact that the situation was resolved with 30,000 damage was really helped by the sky.

Did they say that God is fair? Indeed, he was right.

If in the battle in the river, he sided with Shinneung-gun and presented a great victory that would go down in history, this time, he gave Mong-oh his eyes and opened the way to return to life that was impossible to see.

To express his emotion, Mong-oh did not forget that not only was the help from heaven, but also the help of the person who put it into practice was the main factor in this great achievement.

Mong-O, who sent Jang Dang as the vanguard, crossed the river as a latecomer to fulfill the responsibility of the commander-in-chief. By the time Mongwu crossed the Yellow River, the Han army had already been defeated, and he immediately sought the commander of the Yuan army.

“No, it wasn’t a dream! You came all the way here…!”

As soon as he saw the person appearing as the commander, Mong-oh shouted with various emotions. The one who appeared with reinforcements was none other than Mong-oh’s own son and successor Mong-mu who would lead the Mong family.

But there was something truly surprising.

“Father, although I commanded the army, there is someone else who moved the reinforcements.”

Unlike Mong-oh, who settled in the Qin Dynasty after wandering around many countries, Mong-mu grew up under his father, a general, and was quite proud of himself. Afterwards, by the time Mong-wu ascended to the rank of General Sang-gun, the pinnacle of the Qin Dynasty military, and Mong-mu himself became the head of the department, the Mong family was completely incorporated into the Qin Dynasty noble family and was called a prestigious family.

But is there anyone who is so polite?

Then the answer was one of two.

Monk Yeobulwi, who is sitting on the seat of the Il-in-ha and Man-in-ji in the current Qin Dynasty, or otherwise.

“Princess directly to this distant place…”

It is rumored that she will succeed the current King Jin, whose disease is fully evident.

The girl who appeared with golden eyes unique to the royal family of Qin Dynasty was cool-headed to the point of being 13 years old.

Even in the madness of her death-filled battlefield, the girl seemed unconcerned.

Rather, she was holding the attention of the Qin army, revealing a stronger presence than when she was seen in the palace.

“I had a hard time.”

Young-jeong, a girl who looked across the Yellow River for a while looking at the place where the joint army was located, soon showed interest in Mong-oh and said.

Low tone for a girl. Strangely, however, it feels more appropriate to Yeongjeong.

The sight of a young girl comforting an elderly general for his hard work is somewhat unnatural and awkward, but Yeong-jeong’s low-key voice makes it so natural.

Despite the fact that she spent her childhood in Cho Nara and lived a miserable life in the lowest position, she has authority that comes through. It was the quality of a ruler who stood above others to be born.

In a word, Mong-oh immediately bowed down to Young-jeong, who made it clear that he was the highest in this place.

“…Since I lost half of the soldiers I dismounted, it is an undeserved compliment to me, a mere defeated and a sinner. Please take them back.”

“No. I will not reap it. My opponent is Xinling, the greatest gentleman in China.”

Yeongjeong knows Shinneung-gun.

Perhaps better than all the Qin people gathered here.

Only Yeongjeong was the only one in Jingun who had a direct face-to-face encounter with the Wei Wuqi, and exchanged stories and thoughts.

Therefore, Yeongjeong perfectly understood how threatening and exceptional the opponent of the Xinling army was.

Once again, it was not Xinlinggun who Youngjeong’s pupils were looking for across the Yellow River.

Are you really attracted to something?

As soon as I turned my head, as soon as I focused my eyes on one point, what I saw was the boy I miss.

‘Really… You’re there, Dan.’

A presence that can be felt even from a long distance away.

Beside the woman who was glaring at this place with an intense red hair flying, there was a boy with black hair.

Embracing the boy in the brilliant golden iris, Young-jeong ruminated on the past she had traveled to this place.

The beginning of the movement was when I heard that the crown prince of Yeon was with the Hapjonggun.

As a native of Yan, Adoption, who is well versed in Yan’s circumstances, came to Yeongjeong and informed him that Heidan had stepped forward.

As if he knew that the portrait would move if he informed it.

And Adoption’s idea was right.

Yeongjeong went to see King Jin, who was bedridden. Even in the midst of today and tomorrow, King Jin, who still had a vengeance toward Jo Na-ra, handed down the hospital to Yeong-jeong.

Afterwards, Yeongjeong went to Mongmu, the son of Mongwu, the current commander-in-chief of the Qin army, and had him join him. Mongmu, who was dissatisfied with his father for separating him, took Yeongjeong’s hand without hesitation.

Passing through Hamgokgwan there, Yeongjeong, accompanied by the troops guarding the place, led 30,000 troops to drive out the Han army and rescue the Jin army.

Even if Yeongjeong didn’t come, Mong-oh would have managed to cross the river somehow. However, in the process, half of the Qin army now alive would have lost their power whether they were killed by spears, drowned in the Yellow River, or idiots with one arm or leg blown off.

However, even if one adds reasons and assumptions, a rout is a rout. This Qin expedition ended in failure.

The large army of 280,000 shrank to 150,000. On the other hand, the combined army is not up to 200,000, but it still has about 170,000 and 180,000. Considering the joining of the Han Dynasty, there is more to be kept in mind.

They were probably satisfied here and there was no way they would disperse. It will bite the Qin army until the end, force damage, and try to regain the old territory that the Qin dynasty took away.

Crossing the Yellow River and obstructing their crossing like the Han Dynasty is one way, but if it’s a security weapon for the Xinling Army, they may come up with some other ridiculous move.

There were tens of thousands or three or four that immediately came to mind. Among them, it was fatal to block the retreat of Wang Heul’s army, who secretly swindled the soldiers and advanced to Taewon while pretending to cross the river and holding the Qin army here.

The Zhao army in Taewon, where the outstanding general Lee Mok is holding out, could have annihilated Wang Heul’s army with a little help. In the past, if it was Imok, who destroyed all of the Xiongnu troops numbering over 100,000.

130,000 In Ha Nae, 120,000 in Taewon… If 250,000 people die like that, even the most Qin country would have to go through a period of recovery that far exceeds one generation.

Therefore, there was only one option left for the Qin army.

“Let’s go back.”

Airlift shift.

Now it was the Qin Dynasty’s turn to stop.

§

Looking at the Qin army, which boldly gave up the defensive battle along the Yellow River and retreated, the Xinling army muttered a pity.

“You’re stepping back.”

“Surely Mong-oh…You know when to fall out.”

Dangjeo, a diner called Jinang of Xinling County, accepted her words.

“It’s unfortunate that the large amount of aid was delayed. If we had arrived in time, we might have been able to completely blockade their crossing…”

It was not only the army of the Han Dynasty that the blockade measures brought in by the Xinling Army.

The waterway of the Yellow River is great. It is not an exaggeration to say that the central plains and Hebei are connected through the waterway of the Yellow River, with dozens of tributaries.

Daejeon, the capital of the Wei Dynasty, is also a large city along a tributary of the Yellow River. Many waters such as Yeosu (濊水), Honggusu (鴻泃水), and Susu (睢水) are close to the shipping cities connected to various waterways.

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Kaifeng, the capital of the Song Dynasty, which was said to have had such great economic power, was now in Daejeon. Even though there was no Grand Canal built in the Sui Dynasty, it was the center of water transportation as it was along the surrounding waterways. On the contrary, the worst weakness was that it was vulnerable to water, but the advantage of water transport was worth the risk.

Anyway, it was Sinlinggun who requested the support of ships from Daejeon, but the arrival of the ships was not in time.

“If I had chosen to retreat, Taewon’s Wang Heul would also have started to retreat.”

“If I do, will you back down?”

At Dangjeo’s question, Shin Leung-gun stared at me.

“What do you think of the prince?”

Do you retreat or do you keep advancing?

There is no loss even if you step back. The joint army has already achieved its goal of stopping the Qin Dynasty from starting a war of aggression aiming for three strikes. By eliminating a whopping 130,000 Qin troops.

However, to be satisfied here, the combined army still had strength.

Shinneunggun, Geukshin, Bangnan, Hangyeon, and even Taewon’s eyes….

Truly an all-star. It was a war in which the best talents of the nations at the time were mobilized.

It is not known when such a combined army can be recreated. Above all, the experience of the joint army has a precious value that cannot be replaced by 1 minute and 1 second.

“We have to keep going.”

In response to my answer, Lord Xinling said with a satisfied smile.

“That’s my answer.”